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Week of Friday, August 26, 2016 | Vol. 4, No. 34

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

Japanese Cultural Day

HIROSHIMA

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. CULTURAL CELEBRATION:

Japanese Cultural Day

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OCEAN MOVIE 7 P.M., KAPAA PUBLIC LIBRARY Free movie “Blue Earth: Jewels of the Caribbean Sea.”

4-5. CONCERT: Hiroshima

6. BOOK REVIEW:

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KAUAI COUNTY FARM BUREAU FAIR 6 p.m. to midnight, Vidinha Stadium $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 keiki (4-12) and free for keiki 3 and under.

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SUNDAY PILGRIMAGE OF COMPASSION 1 P.M., LAWAI INTERNATIONAL CENTER Bonsai exhibit, mochi pounding, lei making, culinary demonstrations and more.

KAUAI COUNTY FARM BUREAU FAIR Noon to midnight, Vidinha Stadium $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 keiki (4-12) and free for keiki 3 and under.

FOURTH ANNUAL BIKER’S BRIDGES AND BARBECUE MYSTERY POKER RUN 8 a.m. begin at Rob’s Good Time Grill Barbecue lunch from 12:30 to 1:30. Benefit for Life’s Bridges. Info: 651-6637

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Mongolian Chicken Fresh Catch Fish Kalua Style Pork White Cheddar Mac & Cheese

SUPPORT GROUP 5 P.M., REGENCY AT PUAKEA Kauai Parkinson’s Disease Support Group topic. Visitors and those living with a long term illness are invited.

WRITING COMPETITION The online deadline for the Biennial Lorin Tarr Gill Writing Competition is today.

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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT 6 TO 9 P.M., ITI WINE BAR Gallery opening reception for local artist Abe Kowitz.

APPETIZERS & SIDES Ahi Poke, Peel-and-Eat Prawns, Northwest Clam Chowder, Steamed White Rice, Mashed Potatoes, Grilled Vegetables, Vegetable Chow Mein, Fresh Fruit & Cheese Tray

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Kauai Community College culinary arts instructor Steven Nakata speaks on cutting a completed maki sushi as guests watch during the 2015 Japanese Cultural Festival at Kauai Museum.

ALL ABOUT JAPAN

Cultural Day showcases the history and beauty of Japan

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elebrate the beauty and culture of Japan at the Japanese Cultural Day & Exhibit on Saturday with live music and food.

The Kauai Museum is showcasing the islands of Japan by inviting guests to attend festivities that will include traditional Japanese foods and special performances

from local artists. Doors open at 10 a.m. and festivities are set to run through 5 p.m.

A special Reiki Healing starts at 9 a.m., said Lyah Kama-Drake of Kauai Museum.

She said there will also be arts, crafts and games. Entry fee is $15.

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The General Store of Hanalei

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The band Hiroshima brings Asian-American fusion sound to KCC

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or the past four decades the band Hiroshima has been combining elements of traditional Japanese music with genres like R&B, pop, and easy listening music.

And on Sept. 9, the band will grace the stage of Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center with a sound they

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describe as a fusion between Asian and western music.

“Our music taste is pretty eclectic,” said Kimo Cornwell, keyboardist. “Most of us are products of the 60s and the 70s, so we grew up with rock, Latin, funk and progressive jazz music. We love to incorporate as much as we can.”

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The band Hiroshima will perform at Kauai Community College on Sept. 9.

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The music evolves and as music changes throughout the years, we try to incorporate some of the things that are happening now. And everybody comes from a varied background.”

Kimo Cornwell Hiroshima keyboardist

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He said much of the music is written around the traditional Japanese stringed instrument, the koto, played by June Kuramoto.

“June is pretty much the voice of the band as far as the sound of it, so a lot of songs are written around her playing,” Cornwell said.

In addition to the koto, the band brings together the sounds of flute, guitar, drums, and voice.

“We’re bringing a vocalist with us who is originally from Ewa Beach, Yvette Nii,” Cornwell said.

“She has a beautiful voice.”

It’s been more than a decade since Hiroshima performed at the KCC stage. Cornwell said he and other band members are excited to return to Kauai during their

Hawaii tour — which kicks off on Kauai and continues on to the Big Island.

Cornwell said Hiroshima has always been an experimental band, tweaking traditional styles and blending different genres to create new styles of music.

“The music evolves and as music changes throughout the years, we try to incorporate some of the things that are happening now,” Cornwell said. “And everybody comes from a varied background.”

Hiroshima also endeavors to include social commentary in their songs, and that social commentary extends to their name.

“The name Hiroshima conjures up the horrific event that hap-

pened (1945 U.S. bombing of the city) back then, but the main reason for picking the name was to look at the positive side of what it meant,” Cornwell said.

He continued: “That’s the rebuilding, the aftermath of the bomb, sort of like a phoenix rising.

Hopefully, that’s a positive message that we bring.”

In their popular song, “A Thousand Cranes,” Hiroshima details the story of a little girl who was dying from exposure to the bomb’s radiation.

“Someone told her if you fold a thousand cranes it might help you,” Cornwell said. “She got to 600 when she died and so people everywhere started to fold cranes

and send them to Hiroshima.”

He said the band got a chance to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, where there is a memorial of paper cranes dedicated to her story.

“When we write a song, we try to include a message,” Cornwell said.

Hiroshima will be at performing 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $45 for general admission and $65 for Gold Circle.

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NINE LIVES IN ONE BOOK

Japan Continued from page 3

The celebration of the Japanese culture features Joyful Noise Taiko Drummers at 10, and a Shakuhachi performance, or traditional Japanese bamboo flute, by Kyle Chew at 10:30.

Aki Conquest, said she is excited to be back on stage playing with Joyful Noise this Saturday.

Kauai’s own Chef Steven Nakata from Kauai Community College will present his culinary delights in front of an audience and will serve a tasty traditional familiar recipe at 10:45.

“I’m going to focus on just a basic traditional Japanese broth and it’s many, many uses,” Nakata said. “I’m making a basic stock or what they call dashi and from that dashi the many traditional dishes that is used from that stock. And the ingredients are very simple: dried bonito flakes and kelp.”

CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY The Joyful Noise taiko ensemble opens the Japanese festival to a crowd waiting to enter the Kauai Museum for other Japanese cultural demonstrations and exhibits during the 2015 Japanese Cultural Festival.

Nakata said dashi is recognized all over the world, but most people have never made it from scratch.

“You can probably compare it to something that you have already tried,” Nakata said. “Most people have already tried ramen or cup of noodles. It starts off with this flavor. So a lot of noodles start off that way.

Most people have already tried miso soup. It’s just many people don’t realize

how that flavor is started.

And it’s started with that simple stock of Dashi.”

Tastings will be available, he said.

Dances include San Shin performances at 11:30 a.m. to noon and a mini Bon Dance from noon to 1 p.m.

An exhibit of art and historical artifacts will be on display.

Parking is available behind and on the sides of the museum, Kama-Drake said.

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ope filled the cool evening air at the Kauai Christian Academy as the American Cancer Society Northshore Relay for Life got underway with the Survivors Walk.

“I’m a survivor of three types of cancer,” said Jim Jung. “I’m a lucky survivor.”

Karen Heresa of Team Manaolana, translated to mean “hope,” was not in her red leaders’ shirt as she set out luminaria decorated by her team members as well as walkers who passed by the tent ahead of the Survivors Walk.

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the Chemo Queens said some of her people were on Oahu attending an oncology convention where Darcy Attisani, one of her people at the G.N. Wilcox Memorial Hospital, was named recipient of the Manaolana Nurse of Hope award.

“We going to hit goal,” said Patti Ornellas of the Kauai office of the American Cancer Society. “We should reach $30,000 by the night’s end; we have 22 teams here, beating our goal of 20 teams, and more than 40 survivors registered.

This is a good night.”

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June Moore, Charlie Roessler, Ellen Nugent, Mary Williamson

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